Cooking utensil



Dec. 14 ...1926.

v A '1,T'IQ087 v L. SUSSMAN COOKIISI'G' UTENSIL Original Filed Nom 22, 1923 l WW1- 2f l 33 j fl Y I *l f6 Z9 -Y A 2.5

i. mvEN'roRv LEON Suasa/1N ATTORNEYS LEON sessi/ien', wor BAYONNE, vnew innsnr;

cociente vUrnnsin.

Y appiietion' .eiea Ntver'nioer a2,k '1923, serial' Noge'raea Renewed nine a0, ieee.

vThis invention relatesto cookingntensils' "shown in my prior co-pending.

Y of y.the type application' Serial4 No.'658,851, led August 23,19235a'nd Yhas for its object to vimprove "upon the structure shown 'in said application 'by providing a' construction of muchgreater simplicity,` thereby notfonlyreducing considerably the' manufacturing .cost but also producing' an article of a'inuch'neaterA and more attractive appearance.

"IA further' fobject is to' provi'defa cooking utensil having'. a base member vadapted to be in detail withref'erence to the accompanying drawing in cals'ectionptaken on ,the line 1--1 of Fig-2;

of the parts being the arrows.

placed directly"upon"astoveV orA over a'gas liame in `comb:iiiation with a' cover to 'confine' i" Vthe hot/gases and to 'c'oi'istructv the=cover solas qto'prevent free egress of the li'ot' gases before 'they' have communicated a 'large proportion of the heat to the-article' to be' cooked. e

` Twosatisfactory 'and preferred 'embodi- 'ments' of'my invention will now be described which Figure 1 is a'c'entr-al'verti- "Fig is a plan v`iew,'some hown'broken awayfand'some inV section and is. a' partial View, similar toi Fig. 1,

of a modification.

isis'` shown' inthe character-! ing the aperture f B' therein 'for the' passage 'of the h'ot combustionv gases 4as indicated by The cooking utensil comprises basermeinber 10 i sheet metal f 'pressed or 'stamped '.to4 form :an

open (topped shallow e pan-like' member,

' bottoni 'l1 'of `which is provided with acen- A tral'aper'ture 12 to ,permit l into the utensil. An'annular depression 13 is provided in theV bottom of thev the passage ofthe hot gases base member '10, adjacent to *the vertical i iiange 14 thereof, to receive the upright legs i e porting members vare provided with 'horif l 15 of the supporting members 16. Said sup- `zontal arnis"f17 which extendperpendicularly tothe legs 15l and are'provided on' their .lower faces vwith a"pluralitylof'lugs or ribs 2Ok is provided with a Apli'iralitv of pairs of lradially extending' slots'QS. in which thelugs' said lugs orribs 18 are 'adapted to engage, beingswaged or riveted asindicated Vvat k24 -to secure the supporting members 1.6 to the upper plate '20 in spaced radially extendingy drawings Vthe reference; indicates the top lof a' stove hav-` preferably constructed of the. Y

35 l is" tiglitened.V A' member consistsiof `lnv the foi-irish positions. `After' :the gsupporting *members are' secured to' the upper plate 20 the outer,y

rim.` of said plate' is flangeddownwardlyv as Y at 25 to secure the upperl and lower platesv to#V municated to the-upper piate 20. f 'It will ybe noted that the upper and lower plates 2O and'l 21and the supportingpmembers 1-6 forma f unitary `structure when assembled, which is adaptedvto fit -snugly within the base meinberA 1() `and tov support upon the upper faces of the Ysupporting `members 16 a fairly' large sized pot or pany in which theV foodi tofbe cooked is placed', the members 16 being'pro-` vided withthe upwardly projecting 'ribs 16a f to engage the sides ofthe pots or pans; "The bottom 11 of tlie base member 10 is pressed inwardly adjacent to the central opening V12 to .form a constriction 'in theV passageway 27 `defined between .thelower-plate 21 andthe base' 10. Y

' `TheV upper' edgeof iange '111 of the base member preferably is 'offset outwardly, as at 28, to be engaged bythe cover memberlO,

wliichfconsists of'aninner section '3 1 andan outer 'section' 32. rlhe inner sectionl is aoiset outwardly adjacent to its lower edge to provide aishoulder 33, whichis adapted to engage withtlie upper edge ofthe flange f '14 'of base member f1() and'limittliedowirV Vwardv or .,telescoping, movement of the cover, 'when it is placed uponfthebase member. The lower .edge of the innensection ofitlie 'cover-is bent backwardly upon itselftofform an annular pocket Serin which Ithe lower .l

edge ofthe outer sectionBZ is'clamped and f the inner and outerY sections are secured togetherbyA means of a nut and a'kbolt'rl vwhich is providedwith afhandl'e 36,"a'sleeve B7 being mountedf-about lthe bolt 35, between tlienut" and ,the outer sections Vto'prevent buckling Voflthe sections when Vthe nut providedvv in the top of `the inner seetio'n -31 adjacent to the centre .thereof and 'asimilar row of aperturesv 39 risfprovided inthe outer section adjacentto/ i-ts lower 'edge'.

wn in' F' 5,' instead 'of holding the inner "and 'outer'.v sections of thefcoven in spaced relationship bymeans i of the rannulary pocket 3e "whicli closes the ico row fof apertures'l; is

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lower'` end "of the airspace or heat passage@ Y,

way formed'between the cover sect-ions, the

spacelbetween the inner land outer sections is open to provide an exit passage i0 for the gases as clearly shown in the figure. ln this form the apertures 39 are dispensed with and theccover sections are held inY spaced relationship by any suitable means such as the rivets 4l and washers 42, which may be located asL shown in the drawing adjacent the lower edges of the cover sections or at any suitable points along the sides or tops thereof. Instead of providing the shoulder 33 upon the cover to limit thev telescoping movement of the cover and base, I have found it preferable, when the form of cover shown in Fig. 3V isemployed, to providel a bead l5 upon the base member to limit suclitelescoping movement. fWith'the exception of these changes, the construction ofthe utensil slio-wn in Fig. 3 is identical Y n with that shown in Figs. l and 2.

The operation of the device is as follows: The utensil being placed upon thertop A of the stove withl the opening 13 in registry with the opening B, the hot gases pass through the constricted entrance to the passageway 17, contacting with the lower plate c n Y L Y 21 or theY heat distributing member, and

Athence about the circumferential edge of said member into the cover member.

As the covermember is inclose engagement with the base member the only exit for the gases Vis through the apertures 38.` They are'forced to flow about the pot or pan and in so doing a large portion of the heat will be transferred to the pot. After passingv through the apertures 38the gases then fiow A through the space between the cover sections j 31 and 82 and pass out of the openings 39,

or through the exit passage a0.

The air chamber 22 in combination with the insulating material 26 effectively prevents the burning or the sticking of contents ofthe pan to the bottom thereof and `in` sures an even distribution of the heat. VThe manner in which the gases are caused to circulate within the cover and between the sections thereof insures the greatest possible amount of the heat thereof to be util` ized before the gases are allowed to escape.

Various changes in the specific forms shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing'V from the nature of my invention.

Having 'thus 'described my invention l declare tiat what I claim as new, and de- 'sire to secure by Letters VPatent of the United States, is:

1..A device of the character described, consisting of a cup-shaped base member and a cover therefor to'deiine a cooking compartment, said base member being provided with a bottom opening to permit ingress of combustion gases to said cooking compartment, a heatdeflector having a closed insulating air chamber, a plurality of spaced supporting members secured. to said deiiector forV mounting the same detachablywithin lsaid base member above said Vbottom opening,

`each of said supporting members consisting of a Hat vertically 'extending plate having a horizontal portion extending radially of said deflector and a vertically extending portion, the upper edges of said'horizontal portions forming a support for 'a `cookingreceptacle to hold the same spacedabove said delector and the vertically extending `portions of said members engaging the side ywalls of said cup shaped baseinember ,to hold saidl deiiector in concentric relationship thereto and to said bottom opening; and the under. edges of said horizontal portions being provided with projections in interlocking engagement with said deiiector to secure said deflecto'r'to said supporting members.

2. A` device of the arms serving as ai support for holding a cooking-utensil spaced yabove said deflector, said upward extensions forming limiting stops for locating a cooking utensil concentrically of said device and said downward extensions forming legs which rest uponV the bottom of said base member and engage the side walls thereof to hold said deflector in spaced concentric relationship above said bottom opening. d Y

3. A device of the ycharacter described comprising a base member and a co-ver there for to define a cooking compartment, said cover being detachably andr telescopically mounted on said base member to permit access to said cooking compartment, said base member having an opening 'in the bottom thereof to permit ingress ofy combustion gases to said cooking compartment, a heat distributing member having a closed air chamber, supporting means to hold said heat distributing member within said compartment in spaced relationship tothe walls Vthereof and-above said opening, said heatv distributing member having a curved bottom to cause the combustion gases to be deflected towards the side walls of said cooking ycom-v partment, said cover Vbeing constructed Vof vcharacter Vdescribedy y comprising a shallow cup-shaped basemeniber, and a cover telescopicallyengagedwith a lpair of inner and voliter cupshape-d secand top Walls thereof in spaced relationship to vprovide an annular passage extending entirely around the sides of said cover and a V top passage extending across the top thereofin communication with said annular-passa e, said 1nter section beingprovlded only at t e top thereof with an opening to permit the escape ofV the combustion gases from said cookingl Compartment to said top vpassage and said cover-being provided with an open-y ing adjacent to the bottom thereof to per-v mit egress of said combustion gases from sald annular passage.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntov set my hand. v

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